An interview with Marian Partington – author of If You Sit Very Still
Marian Partington’s sister Lucy was kidnapped by Fred and Rose West in 1973. In 1994, 21 years later, her remains were found in their basement.…
Category: Mental health
Blog posts, articles, think-pieces and Q&A’s presented by Jessica Kingsley Publishers and associated authors on and around the subject of mental health.
How to cope with anger in a productive way
In her book The Emotional Compass: How to Think Better about Your Feelings, Ilse Sand provides several different suggestions for how you can handle your…
A Q&A with Rosalind Bradley – author of A Matter of Life and Death
We talked to Rosalind Bradley about her new book, her motivations for writing it and her relationship with the concept of death. What motivated you to write…
What is death? And how can we help children understand it? – Marian Carter
In this extract from Helping Children and Adolescents Think about Death, Dying and Bereavement, Marian Carter draws upon her experience as a chaplain who has worked…
Read an extract from Jane Evans’ new children’s book Cyril Squirrel Finds Out About Love
Cyril Squirrel asks lots of questions, but there’s one thing that really puzzles Cyril… “What is love? Can I find it? Keep it? Do I…
Secret, secret – keep or tell?
In a child’s mind, keeping secrets can be exciting, as well as a huge burden. It may not always be clear to them what’s a…
Hearing Voices, Living Fully Launch Party
Claire Bien, Associate Director of Communications at The Connection, Inc. and trained facilitator at the Hearing Voices Network, shares her thoughts and a few fun…
How Ollie got his superpowers
Courage, Bravery and Calm are just a few of Ollie’s superpowers – this is the backstory of how Ollie became a key part of Alison Knowles helping…
FIXING A MAJOR GAP IN CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
Clinical and counseling psychology have, in many ways, become rather superficial over the past several decades. With their emphases on manualized treatment, homework assignments and…
Explaining depression to children with Celeste
Liza Stevens, author and illustrator of Not Today, Celeste, shares her experience putting together this heartwarming story of a dog and her depressed human, which reflects…